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I Am The Song – Choral Music by Bernard Hughes
Bernard Hughes

BBC Singers

I Am The Song – Choral Music by Bernard Hughes

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212045121
Catnr: SIGCD 451
Release date: 10 June 2016
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Signum Classics
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0635212045121
Catalogue number
SIGCD 451
Release date
10 June 2016
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About the album

This is the newest release in Signum’s series of composer-led releases with the BBC Singers. This project is the result of collaboration between the choir that began in 2002 and British composer Bernard Hughes. Hughes combines modern poetry by E. E. Cummings and Siegfried Sassoon with Norse Poetry in his compositions, which show aspects of both modern and ancient elements.
Hoogtepunten uit de samenwerking tussen Bernard Hughes en de BBC Singers
Dit album, uit een serie van de BBC singers met werken van één specifieke componist, vertegenwoordigt het hoogtepunt van de samenwerking tussen de Britse componist Bernard Hughes en de BBC Singers, die in 2002 begon. Het album bevat verschillende koorwerken, waaronder twee grootschalige werken die in opdracht van het koor werden gecomponeerd, The Death of Balder en A Medieval Bestiary. Ze worden op bekwame wijze uitgevoerd door de BBC Singers onder leiding van Paul Brough.

Hughes combineert oude en moderne composities met elkaar in zijn werk. Zijn muziek wordt niet alleen uitgevoerd door de BBC Singers, maar ook door andere ensembles als het Trinity Boys’ Choir en het Juice Vocal Ensemble, op belangrijke locaties binnen en buiten Groot-Brittannië.

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BBC Singers (vocals)

BBC Singers   Chief Conductor David Hill Principal Guest Conductors Paul Brough and Bob Chilcott Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury Associate Composer Judith Weir   The BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Byrd to Birtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, their versatility is second to none. The choir’s unrivalled expertise in performing the best of contemporary music has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Poulenc, Britten, Judith Bingham and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.   Following a successful 90th anniversary season, the BBC Singers’ 2015-16 season is as thrilling and diverse as ever. A third season of concerts in London’s newest concert venue, Milton Court Concert Hall, includes Monteverdi’s Vespers with I...
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BBC Singers Chief Conductor David Hill Principal Guest Conductors Paul Brough and Bob Chilcott Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury Associate Composer Judith Weir The BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Byrd to Birtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, their versatility is second to none. The choir’s unrivalled expertise in performing the best of contemporary music has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Poulenc, Britten, Judith Bingham and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
Following a successful 90th anniversary season, the BBC Singers’ 2015-16 season is as thrilling and diverse as ever. A third season of concerts in London’s newest concert venue, Milton Court Concert Hall, includes Monteverdi’s Vespers with I Fagiolini, Handel’s Saul with a host of first-rate soloists, a magical presentation of Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales led by Chief Conductor David Hill and a poignant concert remembering the battle of the Somme. The Singers at Six series of early-evening concerts in the atmospheric surroundings St Giles’ Cripplegate continues with American Songs and music by Elgar, Judith Bingham and James MacMillan.
Based at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, the BBC Singers also give free concerts at St Paul’s Knightsbridge, as well as appearing at major festivals across the UK and beyond.
This world-class ensemble is committed to sharing its enthusiasm and creative expertise through its nationwide outreach programme. This includes frequent collaborations with schoolchildren, youth choirs and the amateur choral community, as well as with the professional composers, singers and conductors of tomorrow.
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01.
Two Choral Fanfares: Everyone sang
02:08
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
02.
Two Choral Fanfares: I am the song
01:10
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
03.
Three Swans: The Bereaved Swan
01:39
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
04.
Three Swans: The Silver Swan
01:24
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
05.
Three Swans: Riddle
03:30
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
06.
The winter it is past
04:02
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
07.
The Death of Balder: Prologue
00:32
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
08.
The Death of Balder: Act One
11:55
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
09.
The Death of Balder: Interlude
03:08
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
10.
The Death of Balder: Act Two
10:18
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
11.
anyone lived in a pretty how town
05:34
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
12.
Revelation Window
05:27
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
13.
A Medieval Bestiary: Prologue
03:58
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
14.
A Medieval Bestiary: The Beasts of the Land
01:25
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
15.
A Medieval Bestiary: The Panther
04:20
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
16.
A Medieval Bestiary: First Sermon
00:51
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
17.
A Medieval Bestiary: The Beasts of the Water
01:23
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
18.
A Medieval Bestiary: The Whale
03:33
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
19.
A Medieval Bestiary: Second Sermon
00:49
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
20.
A Medieval Bestiary: The Beasts of the Air
00:58
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
21.
A Medieval Bestiary: The Phoenix
04:33
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
22.
A Medieval Bestiary: Third Sermon
02:38
(Bernard Hughes) BBC Singers
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